The home sits 12 feet above the ground and is anchored 28 feet into the ground. Even before the concrete pillars were poured, they had hurricane wind-resistance not just in mind, but in every aspect of the design. Russell King and his nephew has it built primarily as a retirement home for King, an attorney in Tennessee. That range is likely similar in other states as well.
In Mississippi, for example, it would cost $3,000 to $5,000 more to build an 1,800-square-foot home to gold standards versus basic code standards, according to the IBHS.
The biggest driver of those costs is in impact-resistant windows and doors, shutter systems and upgrades to any other openings that expose a home to the elements. But in areas that have weak codes or lack them altogether, the gold standard would be much more costly. Since Florida's codes are already so high, building to the gold standard there wouldn't add much to the price of construction. The standard has three levels, bronze, silver and gold, with the last being the highest protection. Those that do sell for 7% more, according to a University of Alabama study. It is a voluntary guideline, and so far only 12,000 homes nationwide have built to that designation. A decade ago it created a "fortified home" standard to protect against hurricanes and hail. The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has gone even further.
Florida's standard is the highest mandatory code in the nation. They have improved hurricane resistance dramatically in new construction there. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, THESE WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND THERE ARE NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.Florida imposed new mandatory building codes after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, at first locally and then statewide in 2002. This limited warranty does not affect your statutory rights. This limited warranty gives the consumer specific legal rights, and those rights and other rights may vary from place to place. In no event shall Surly be liable for any loss, inconvenience or damage, whether direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise resulting from breach of any express or implied warranty or condition, of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise with respect to our products except as set forth herein. This warranty applies only to products purchased through an authorized dealer or distributor. This limited warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Surly product and is not transferrable. This limited warranty is expressly limited to the repair or replacement of a defective product, at the option of Surly, and is the sole remedy of the warranty.
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